14) USE OF PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES; DETECTION; PENALTIES:
A) Use of Prohibited Substances:
The use of any illegal drug, narcotic, stimulant, depressant, or analgesic of any description, or alcohol substance, by a contestant either before or during a match, shall result in the immediate disqualification of the contestant from the match and disciplinary action in accordance with the commission licensing the contest.
B) Detection of Prohibited Substances:
In order to detect the presence of any prohibited substance, a contestant shall submit to any pre-contest or post-contest urinalysis or other laboratory procedure that is ordered by the physician appointed by the commission. Refusal to submit to such testing shall result in the immediate disqualification of the contestant from the match and an indefinite suspension from the sport of mixed martial arts.
C) Urinalysis:
1) All contestants may be ordered to complete a pre-contest urinalysis exam to detect the presence of any drug.
2) In addition to a pre-contest analysis, the local commission may, at its discretion, decide to test for the presence of performance enhancing drugs and thereby require additional urine specimens to be produced at any time after the completion of the contest.
3) Collection of specimens for urinalysis testing shall be conducted or supervised by a commission official. Refusal to submit to such testing shall result in the immediate disqualification of the contestant from the match and an indefinite suspension from the sport of mixed martial arts.
D) Penalties for use of prohibited substances:
1) Unless the commission licensing an event requires otherwise, a contestant who tests positive for illegal drugs shall be penalized as follows:
a) First Offense: 90 day suspension.
b) Second Offense: 180 day suspension and mandatory completion of a supervisory treatment program approved by the commission that licensed the event.
c) Third Offense: 2 year suspension and mandatory completion of a supervisory treatment program approved by the commission that licensed the event.
2) A contestant who tests positive for any other prohibited substance shall be penalized according to the rules of the commission that licensed the event.
A) Use of Prohibited Substances:
The use of any illegal drug, narcotic, stimulant, depressant, or analgesic of any description, or alcohol substance, by a contestant either before or during a match, shall result in the immediate disqualification of the contestant from the match and disciplinary action in accordance with the commission licensing the contest.
B) Detection of Prohibited Substances:
In order to detect the presence of any prohibited substance, a contestant shall submit to any pre-contest or post-contest urinalysis or other laboratory procedure that is ordered by the physician appointed by the commission. Refusal to submit to such testing shall result in the immediate disqualification of the contestant from the match and an indefinite suspension from the sport of mixed martial arts.
C) Urinalysis:
1) All contestants may be ordered to complete a pre-contest urinalysis exam to detect the presence of any drug.
2) In addition to a pre-contest analysis, the local commission may, at its discretion, decide to test for the presence of performance enhancing drugs and thereby require additional urine specimens to be produced at any time after the completion of the contest.
3) Collection of specimens for urinalysis testing shall be conducted or supervised by a commission official. Refusal to submit to such testing shall result in the immediate disqualification of the contestant from the match and an indefinite suspension from the sport of mixed martial arts.
D) Penalties for use of prohibited substances:
1) Unless the commission licensing an event requires otherwise, a contestant who tests positive for illegal drugs shall be penalized as follows:
a) First Offense: 90 day suspension.
b) Second Offense: 180 day suspension and mandatory completion of a supervisory treatment program approved by the commission that licensed the event.
c) Third Offense: 2 year suspension and mandatory completion of a supervisory treatment program approved by the commission that licensed the event.
2) A contestant who tests positive for any other prohibited substance shall be penalized according to the rules of the commission that licensed the event.
